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From: sven@cs.widener.edu (Sven Heinicke)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.periphs,rec.music.cd,rec.music.misc
Subject: Re: What medium will be readable in 25 years?
Keywords: computer music
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Date: 5 May 91 22:32:34 GMT
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In <1991May1.174841.3321@investor.pgh.pa.us>, rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us writes:
>In article <8144@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett) writes:
>>	Suppose you were going to put some audio recordings and computer
>>media into a "time box" for 25 years.  At the end of 25 years, people would
>>open the box and look at/listen to the stuff inside.
>
>I vote for paper.  It can be read by hand if necessary.  Punch cards
>lasted for extremely long periods of very heavy abuse.

I don't know about paper either, a lot of books that I have that are
more then 10 years old are comming apart.  Is punch card paper made
from low acid paper?  If not they will not last to long either.

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sven@cs.widener.edu                                  Widener CS system manager
Sven Mike Heinicke                                          and Student
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